I have to confess to liking and collecting street furniture, be it an old coal hole cover, a 19th century water trough, umpteen different types of postboxes or the humble road sign.
All of which I have written about on the blog over the years, and today I can add a new one, which was sent over by Barbarella, who added, “Urban furniture, they don’t make them like they used to!"
And I have to agree, which in this case appears to be an old fashioned streetlamp with a slightly more up to date light shade.
There will be someone out there who can date the lamp post, and explain its place in the pantheon of streetlamp design.
We shall see.
Location; Didsbury
Picture; Didsbury street furniture, 2020, from the collection of Barbarella Bonvento
*Street furniture lost and saved, https://chorltonhistory.blogspot.com/search/label/Street%20Furniture%20lost%20and%20saved
And I have to agree, which in this case appears to be an old fashioned streetlamp with a slightly more up to date light shade.
There will be someone out there who can date the lamp post, and explain its place in the pantheon of streetlamp design.
We shall see.
Location; Didsbury
Picture; Didsbury street furniture, 2020, from the collection of Barbarella Bonvento
*Street furniture lost and saved, https://chorltonhistory.blogspot.com/search/label/Street%20Furniture%20lost%20and%20saved
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